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As the first quarter of 2011 rolls along, optical drive prices are expected to remain low and could get even cheaper as drive makers aggressively battle for market share, DigiTimes reports.
According to un-named sources, global optical drive shipments could reach 340 million units in 2011, a increase of around 7 percent from 2010. The number of shipments will continue to grow at least until 2015, sources say.
But a price war? If we ignore the cost of Blu-ray drives, it's not as though optical drives command a premium. You can already find several CD/DVD burners selling for around $20 shipped, and if a price war erupts, drive makers could end up shooting themselves in the foot rather than each other.
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Jox
January 12, 2011 at 8:17pm
I would happily pay $100+ for a BluRay burner if the media was priced more reasonably, but I just can't justify the near-$10 cost of blank BluRay discs.
Maybe when we get down to the 2-dollar per disc range, but not before.
-Jox
Scootiep
January 11, 2011 at 12:31pm
Agreed. While I'm not really interested in a Blu Ray burner (as I convert all my media to digital backups and then toss the original discs in a box in the basement), once a decent 12x Blu Ray ROM (ie. not Lite-On) hits the $30 range, I'll be picking up a couple.
BlazePC
January 11, 2011 at 10:02am
Bring on 128GB Bluray XL drives with Lightscribe at affordable pricing!
Scootiep
January 11, 2011 at 9:10am
So what are the chances of this price war translating to Blu Ray drives (readers and burner's alike)?
